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Quality Control In Heavy Mining Equipment
March 29, 2024
The Importance Of Quality Control Picture the scene. You're a mine site mechanic and a house-sized mining truck has broken down in the field. You're...
The Case For DBA Coolant System Components
February 2, 2024
Ways To Beat The Heat Throughout history, animals have employed a variety of ingenious methods for keeping cool. Elephants flap their ears. Cape ground squirrels use their...
Diesel Air Intake Systems In Mining Trucks
December 23, 2023
The Importance Of Air Intake Systems Modern mining trucks are impressively enormous vehicles capable of literally moving mountains. A typical haul truck might stand three stories...
Efficient Mining Truck Muffler Design
November 29, 2023
Types Of Muffler Design Like human beings, mufflers come in all shapes and sizes. At DBA Silencing, we offer a wide variety of mufflers manufactured...
DBA Mufflers & Noise Control In Mining Operations
November 1, 2023
Back To Bingham Canyon Kaizen is a business philosophy that encourages small positive changes on a regular basis. This focus on continuous improvement characterizes the...
Minimizing Downtime With Quality Truck Parts
October 3, 2023
Spotlight On Bingham Canyon Mine Earlier this month, DBA Silencing's General Manager travelled to Salt Lake City in Utah to visit the Bingham Canyon Mine. This site...
Exhaust Tubing & Parts: OEM vs Aftermarket
August 31, 2023
Two Primary Options Mining trucks play a critical role in the extraction and transportation of minerals and other resources. These heavy-duty vehicles require robust exhaust...
Q&A: Mining Truck Exhaust Manufacturers
July 28, 2023
In today's piece, we'll be discussing mining trucks and the companies that manufacture their exhaust systems and their individual exhaust components. Most of our articles...
Climate Change & Heavy Equipment Parts
July 10, 2023
Firsthand Experience Of Disruptions DBA Silencing is headquartered in Port Alberni, BC. Like the rest of Canada, British Columbia has seen increased wildfire activity in...
How DBA Mining Truck Parts Can Make Your Life Better
June 19, 2023
The Transformative Power Of Mining Truck Parts From DBA The COVID-19 pandemic has had a wide variety of societal impacts. One of the more interesting...
Custom Truck Parts & Other Tailor-Made Solutions
May 22, 2023
Made-To-Order Options DBA Silencing offers a multitude of standard parts and products. These can be found on our website and in our catalogue. If you've...
DBA & Mining Haul Truck Safety
May 9, 2023
The DBA Approach DBA Silencing is a family business that was built up over several decades by Archie and Shirley Cardinal of Port Alberni, British...
An Exhaust Part From Start To Finish
April 11, 2023
A DBA Exhaust Part's Journey In our last blog post, we talked about a product that we carry: hump hoses. In today's article, we're going...
Hump Hoses Are No Joke
March 28, 2023
What The Heck Is A Hump Hose? Hump hose. It's a funny name for a part. The jokes really write themselves, don't they? Here at...
Creating A Complete Exhaust System: Do’s & Don’ts
March 3, 2023
Designing A Complete Exhaust System At DBA Silencing, we make all sorts of parts. Coolant parts. Air intake parts. Exhaust parts. If we’re being honest,...
Bring On The Zero-Emission Mining Equipment
February 15, 2023
Zero-Emission Mining Equipment One of Elon Musk's goals is to make humans a multi-planet species. His rocket company, SpaceX, is working to establish a permanent...
Design Differences In Mining Truck Exhaust Systems
January 26, 2023
Mining Truck Exhaust Systems Last month we published a post entitled "What Exhaust Parts Are Found In An Exhaust System?" In that piece, we went...
Exhaust Clamps For Champs
December 16, 2022
What Is An Exhaust Clamp? In our last blog post, entitled “What Exhaust Parts Are Found In An Exhaust System?”, we went through the various...
What Exhaust Parts Are Found In An Exhaust System?
December 6, 2022
Mining Truck Exhaust System Parts For many years, the slogan of DBA Silencing has been “Our Business Is Exhausting”. This doesn’t mean, of course, that...
Let’s Hear It For DBA Mining Truck Mufflers
November 7, 2022
Mining Truck Mufflers Librarians love us. Why? Because, at DBA Silencing, we know how to keep things quiet. Our mufflers, in particular, can help tame...
Your Mining Trucks Need DBA Coolant Systems – Here’s Why
October 17, 2022
At DBA Silencing, we spend a lot of time figuring out how best to beat the heat. Our exhaust systems are internationally renowned for their...
Stainless Steel Exhaust vs Aluminized Steel Exhaust
October 4, 2022
Although we specialize in aluminized steel exhaust systems, DBA Silencing offers its customers hundreds of different components. These components are manufactured from an assortment of...
3 Reasons To Use DBA Air Intake Systems On Your Mining Trucks
September 16, 2022
Although DBA Silencing makes parts for a variety of vehicles and vessels, most of the air intake systems we produce are for mining trucks with...
DBA Mining Truck Bellows: Reliable, Affordable, & Long-Lasting
September 7, 2022
For more than thirty years, DBA Silencing has been manufacturing exhaust systems, coolant systems, and air intake systems for mining trucks, logging trucks, and fishing...
How Exhaust Systems Work And How They Affect Performance
August 10, 2022
In recent years the mining industry has seen significant improvements in technology, particularly in terms of the capacity and operational efficiency of mining trucks. This...